Carbureting apparatus



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J. J. PARRIS. GARBURETING APPARATUS. No. 484,721. Patented Oct'. 18, 1892.

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GARBURETING APPARATUS. No. 484,721. Patented Oct. 18, 1892..

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JAMES J. PARRIS, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARBURETING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,721, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed July 23, 1391. Serial No. 400,511. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES J. PARRIS, a citizen oftlie United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carbiireting Apparatus, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to apparatus for carbuieting air or gas, as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view.

In the apparatus there is anumberof chainbers, as shown, three chambers contained in three tanks or casings F F F2, in the first of which there is placed a body of crude oil, the surface line being shown in dotted lines, and a gage G, serving to enable the attendant to determine the amount. In the second charnber there isa more volatile liquid or mixturesay one-half crude oil and one-half gasoline, No. -70 test-and in the third a more volatile liquid is employed, as gasoline. I pass a current of air or other gas to be carbureted successively through the contents of the three chambers, and by using liquids of different characters, as described, I bring the unearbureted air or gas tirst into contact with the less volatile liquid, and then as the air becomes more fully charged I pass it through the more volatile liquid, and by this mea-ns secure a more perfect saturation than would otherwise be possible.

In order to bring the air or gas more intimately into contact with the liquid than would result from permitting it to iiow directly upward, I provide each casing with a series of deflectors and introduce the air at the bottom,

so that it makes a circuitous or zigzag up-v ward course, and is divided into small bubbles. Thus each casing has a series of horizontal diaphragms m n, and the inlet-pipe a extends downward vthrough the lowest diaphragm or partition n, and the space between the latter and the bottom of the casing is di.- vided by perforated partitions b h, and each rated near the outer edge,while the partitions m are perforated near the center and solid near the outer edges. As a result the air is divided in passing through the perforations h and further divided as it passes through the successive partitions m n, and is also coinpelled to travel back and forth horizontally until it reaches the space above the surface of theliquid. From each vessel the air passes through a pipe a to the pipe a of the next vessel, the pipes a a being connected by a Suitable coupling B, that permits them to be readily disconnected when detached. The air is forced into the pipe a of the rst vessel F by means ot a pump or other suitable blow'- ing apparatus--as, for instance, a Blackman fan D-and a check-valve c, in a casing D, prevents a backflow toward the fan, while a check-valve c in a casing d in the line of the pipe a', extending from the last casing F2, prevents any backiiow of the saturated air through the apparatus. v

When the liquid becomes too thick or it is otherwise desirable to empty one of the casings, it may be drawn off through a cock e, and a filling apparat-us E may be used with each casing to permit the liquid to be introduced regardless of the pressure therein. This apparatus consists of a casing f, communicating with a funnel g through a pipe provided with a cock h, and the casing or vessel f communicates with the casing F below through a pipe j, provided with a cock s, that extends below the level of the liquid in the lower casing, and through a pipe I, that projects nearly to the top of the vessel f and communicates with a Space above the liquid of the lower casing. The liquid is poured into the funnel while the cock h is closed. The cocks s tare then closed and the cock h opened to allow the liquid to pass to the vessel f. The cock h is then closed and the cocks s t opened, when the liquid will iiow downward into the chamber below.

It will be evident that in carrying out my invention the chambers may be in casings of different forms and the deflectors may be differently constructed.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, I claim- In a carbureting apparatus, the combination of the tank or casing, a series of diaphragms m and fn, extending across the tank, the diaphragms m being perforated near their IOO centers and lche diaphraglns n near their outer edges, an inlet-pipe leading into the tank and opening.,r near the bottom thereof below the lowest diaphragm n, means for forcing a current of gas under pressure through the inletpipe, and the inclined perforated partitions b, placed between the lowest diaphragm and the bottom of the casing and extending between the open end of the inletpipe and the perfo- Io rated edge of the diaphragm n, whereby the gas is broken up or divided before reaching the perforations in the first diaphragm, snbstantially'as described.

1n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of I5 two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES J. PARRIS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. ORR,` G. L. EBERHART. 

